Here are 7 photos of Route VA-288 under construction. The first 6 were taken in early February, 2004,
in a half-hour photo session.
Click the thumbnail photo for a larger photo (they range in size from 134 to 169
kilobytes, with most being less than 153 kilobytes).

Route
288 construction, looking south from the Charter Colony Parkway overpass over
VA-288. Visible in the distance, is the north end of the completed VA-288
section from VA-76 to north of Lucks Lane. The completed portion visible here
is north of Lucks Lane and is not yet open to traffic. The large cut ahead
was recently completed. Recent heavy rains have made the grade very wet. This is in
Chesterfield County.

Route
288 construction, looking south from the Charter Colony Parkway overpass over
VA-288. This photo was taken from the same vantage point as the previous photo,
but it was taken with a 135mm (2.7x) telephoto lens, instead of the 50mm (1.0x)
regular lens used previously. Recent
heavy rains have made the grade very wet.

Route
288 construction, looking south from the Charter Colony Parkway overpass over
VA-288. Visible in the distance, is the north end of the completed VA-288
section from VA-76 to north of Lucks Lane. The completed portion visible here
is north of Lucks Lane and is not yet open to traffic. The large cut ahead
was recently completed. The slopes are being protected with rip-rap (heavy
stone).

Route
288 construction, looking south from the Charter Colony Parkway overpass over
VA-288. This photo was taken from the same vantage point as the previous photo,
but it was taken with a 135mm (2.7x) telephoto lens, instead of the 50mm (1.0x)
regular lens used previously.

Looking north from where Charter Colony
Parkway crosses VA-288. Heavy grading is under construction for the
mainline of VA-288. Recent heavy rains have made the grade very wet, and
this photo and the one below show just how soggy that the grade has gotten for much of the last year; it is much
drier as of the April 2nd writing of this webpage, dry enough to complete
the excavation.

Looking
north from where Charter Colony Parkway crosses VA-288. Heavy grading is
under construction for the mainline of VA-288. This photo was taken from
the same vantage point as the previous photo, but it was taken with a
135mm (2.7x) telephoto lens, instead of the 50mm (1.0x) regular lens used
previously. The
interchange and overpass for Woolridge Road is under construction in the distance.
See large image (578K).

The following photo was taken by Virginia
Department of Transportation (VDOT) on February 26, 2004, and used with their
permission.

Looking
north on the Route 288 northbound roadway under construction, about 1/4
mile north of the Charter Colony Parkway overpass that the previous photo
was taken from. The grade is considerably drier since over two weeks has
passed since the previous photo was taken. Heavy graded stone aggregate
has been placed in the area where unsuitable material was removed.
The interchange and overpass for Woolridge Road is under construction in
the distance.